Opening with a short teaching on compassion Dr. David Kittay in this episode discusses the relationship of Tibetan Culture to ethics, religion, mysticism, psychedelia, the Beat Poets and to the on-going work and mission of Tibet House US | Menla.

This talk is an excerpt from the panel discussion "Psychedelics, Mysticism, and Enlightenment" with Drs. Anthony P. Bossis, Anya Loizaga-Velder, and Prof. David Komodo Kittay recorded at the Force For Good Class series held at Tibet House US in New York City in 2019.

Professor Dr. David Kittay teaches courses on Buddhism and technology at Columbia University, where his courses are called “life-changing.” Dr. Kittay chairs the Executive Committee of Tibet House US and is President of the Tibetan Classics Translators Guild of New York. He also writes and lectures on the subject of compassionate lawyering, and has served as a trial and civil rights lawyer, federal bankruptcy trustee and a receiver for the Securities Exchange Commission. He is currently Director and Professor of Philosophy at the Harlem Clemente Course for the Humanities, teaching humanities to economically disadvantaged people in Harlem. His latest publication is the Vajra Rosary Tantra, published by Wisdom.

To watch the full video recording, and to learn more about events with Dr. David Kittay, please visit: www.thus.org.